Hay-press.



No. 695,764. Patented Mar. l8, I902.

E. B. RAMAGE &. B. 0. SLAUGHTER.

HAY PRESS.

(Application filed Dec 96, 1901.) (,No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

No. 695,764. Patented Mar. l8, I902.

E. B. RAMAGE & R. 0. SLAUGHTER.

HAY PRESS.

(Application filed Dec. 26, 1001.).

Wu Model.) 2 Sheots$heet 2.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALABAMA.

HAY-PRESS.

SPEGIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,764, dated March18, 1902. Application filed December 26, 1901. Serial No. 87,283. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be itknown that we, ELIAS B. RAMAGE and RICHARD O.SLAUGHTER,citiZenS ofthe United States, residing at Fivepoints, in the county of Chambers andState of Alabama, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inHay-Presses; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to presses of the type embodying twobaling-chambers and plungers for cooperation therewith, the commoditybeing compressed in one chamber and the other chamber being cleared ofthe bale previously formed and receiving a charge, the purpose beingeconomy of time, labor, and force.

The primary object of this invention is to improve the generalconstruction of the type of presses aforesaid, whereby their efficiency,durability, and capability of manipulation are enhanced and the pressmade more desirable;

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foredecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand drawings hereto attached.

WVhile the'essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a perspective view of a press embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is aside elevation, the near wall and doors being omit ted. Fig. 3 is an endview. Fig. 4- is a perspective view of the plunger. Fig. 5 is a detailsection of the upper part of the plunger and the walking-beam.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The baling-chambers are mounted centrally upon a base, which in thepresent instance comprises longitudinal sills 1 and terminalcross-pieces 2. The baling-chambers 3 and at are separated by spacedboards 5, between which is secured an upright 6. Access is had to thebaling-chanibers by means of doors 7, which are preferably hinged to thelower portion of the upright 6 and have projecting portions S forengagement by means of locking means,hereina'fter to be moreparticularly described. A plunger 9 is provided for each baling-chamberaudis connected,by means of links 10, with the walking-beam 11, which isfulcrumed midway of its ends to the upright 6. As the walking-beam isoscillated one of the plungers is pressed into the balingchamher and theother withdrawn. The end of the walkingbeam depressed is secured by anyconvenient means, and, as shown, a bail 12 is provided at each end ofthe base, and a pivoted catch 13 is provided at each end of thewalking-beam for engagement with the bail to hold the depressed end ofthe walkingbeam lowered until after the bale has been bound and incondition for removal from the press. A cord or chain 14 is attached toeach end of the walking-beam and is adapted to be pulled upon to bringthe uppermost end of the beam within convenient reach when imparting theinitial movement to the plunger for compressing the hay or othercommodity.

Each baling-chamber is provided with side doors, which swing outward atthe ends remote from the upright 6, and the projecting parts 8 areterminal portions of rods or bars secured to the side doors. Rockingrods or bars 15 are journaled to the outer ends of the baling-chambersand have their end portions bent, as shown at 16, for engagement withthe door projections 8 to hold the latter closed. Each rod or bar 15 isprovided intermediate of its ends with a crank portion 17 to form anoperating part for turning the parts 15 in their bearings. A tie-rod 18connects the crank portions 17 of cooperating rods or bars 15, and thistie-rod is deflected intermediate of its ends to form a handle forconvenience in operation of the locking means. The tierod 18 enablesboth rods or bars 15 to be simultaneousl y operated to withdraw orengage the bent ends 16 with the projections 8.

The plunger elevated is swung to one side to admit of charging thebaling-chamber, and

it has been found expedient to provide means for positively holdingtheplunger aside. As shown, a bar 19 is slid'ably mounted in keepers 20,attached to the upper portion of the end walls of the baling chambers,so as to be moved upward across the inner end 'of the plunger and holdit when swung to one side, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2. Each of thebars 19 is provided with a pin or finger-grip 21, operable between thekeepers 20, for working the slide-bars and holding them against verticaldisplacement. When the plunger is swung aside, the bar 19 forcooperation therewith is moved upward, and upon releasing the plunger itswings back against the said bar and holds it in place. After thebalingchamber has been charged and all is in readiness for compressionof the charge the plunger is moved away from the bar 19, which falls byits own weight, thereby permitting the plunger to swing into positionfor entering the baling-ohamber when pulling down upon the uppermost endof the walking-beam. After the charge has been compressed the end of thewalking-beam depressed is secured by the catch 13 or other means untilthe bale is bound, after which the walking-beam is released and the baleremoved, and by this time the other baling-chamber is inreadiness forcompression of the charge which in the meantime has been appliedthereto.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- In apress, a baling-chamber, doors closing opposite sides of saidbaling-chamber, a series of rocking rods or bars having their endportions bent to engage with both doors and hold them closed, eachrocking bar or rod having a crank portion, and a tie-rod connecting thecrank portions of the rocking rods or bars and provided with a handlewhereby said rods or bars are simultaneously locked, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ELIAS B. RAMAGE. [L. s.] RICHARD 0. SLAUGHTER. [1,. s] Witnesses:

W. H. GOLDEN, J. J. COAP.

